Starship Technologies Robotic food delivery company Starship Technologies hit 1 million deliveries this month. The company has seen explosive growth due to the pandemic, doubling its robot fleet over 2020. It has spotted children trying to feed the robots bananas. Starship Technologies, the autonomous delivery company that sends little six-wheeled robots to people's doorsteps with groceries and takeout, has had an astonishing year. Starship Technologies was founded by Skype cofounders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis in 2014. Its autonomous deliveries were already starting to ramp up prior to 2020, but the pandemic supercharged its growth. The company hit 1 million autonomous deliveries this month, representing a 900% increase from August 2019 to January 2021. Previously, it took the company five years to hit 100,000 deliveries.